Strontium Carbonicum
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General
Strontium Carbonicum.
Strontiana carbonica. Strontianite. SrCO3. Trituration.
Clinical
Angina pectoris. Ankle, sprain of. Anus, burning in. Apoplexy. Bones, diseases of. Cardialgia. Constipation. Cramp. Diarrhoea. Emaciation. Enuresis. Feet, cold. Femur, caries of. Haemorrhoids. Headache; congestive; tensive. Heart, affections of. Hiccough. Hoarseness. Leucorrhoea. Menses, disordered. Phlebitis. Sciatica. Sprain. Sternum, pains in. Sycotic eruptions. Varicosis. Vision, affections of.
Characteristics
Native Strontium Carbonate, a mineral named Strontianite, was first discovered in the lead-mines of Strontian in Argyllshire, from whence it received its name. It occurs in massive, fibrous, stellated, rarely orthorhombic crystals. The metal Strontium is dark yellow. Stro. c. varies in colour from white to yellow and pale green.
It was proved by Nenning, Schreter, Seidel, Trincks, and Woost. Among the prominent symptoms were flushing in the face and violent pulsation of the arteries; congestion to heart, lungs, and head. The distinctive feature about these states with Stro. c. is that they are > by warmth and wrapping up and < by cold. This also distinguishes the headaches of Stro. c.
The headaches are boring, pressive, and tensive. There are various expressions of the congestive state. One of the tensive pains is peculiar: "Tension from vertex to upper jaw, as if head were expanded from within, and as if scalp were too tight, < in evening when lying with head low, slowly increasing and decreasing, > from heat, The pressure appears in the stomach; it is > by eating; and < by walking. There is also pressure after eating.
There is both diarrhoea and constipation, the stools of both are accompanied and followed by burning in the rectum. A. P. Bowie (H.
R., ii. 62) cured this case occurring after a tedious labour: Stools large and hard, expelled with great effort, followed by great pain in anus, burning, lasting a long time and compelling patient to lie down. Anus violently contracted after stool. Complains of coldness in spots on calves of legs. Stro. c. 6 entirely relieved.
The diarrhoea is < at night, and the stools are yellow. Walking < all complaints: headache; leucorrhoea; dyspnoea; pressure in sternum. The symptoms about the chest and sternum, with the < by walking, suggest angina pectoris, and a similar but less serious state often met with in gouty patients. The tension is manifested in the nape, as if the tendons were drawn up; tensive drawing in dorsal and lumbar muscles.
In the arms there is venous tension: "the veins of the arms and hands are injected and tense, with great prostration and ill-humour"—suggesting phlebitis and varicosis. Stro. c. has a relation to sprains and bone affections. The femur is especially affected by it. It is particularly suited to bone affections of scrofulous children when associated with diarrhoea.
The diarrhoea of Stro. c. is < at night; is very urgent; can scarcely leave the vessel before having to return; > after 3 a.m. Stro. c. is indicated in chronic sprains of the ankle when oedema exists. C.
M. Boger (H. R., xv. 339) cured with Stro. c., after other remedies had failed, a sciatica accompanied by oedema of left ankle. Sensations of Stro. c. are: As if a load on chest.
As if head were expanded from within. As if scalp were too tight. As if tendons of neck were drawn up. As if bruised in back and sacrum.
As if all power had left right arm. Gnawing as if in marrow of bones. Symptoms as if in marrow of bones. Symptoms like phantoms difficult to locate.
External soreness is a note of Stro. c.; also numbness. Emaciation has been caused by it. The symptoms are < by touch; by rubbing; by scratching. Lying with head low < tension in head.
Motion <; walking especially <. Stooping <. Exertion <. Motion > weakness of right arm.
< Evening; night, and early morning, 2 or 3 a.m. Warmth, covering >. Heat of sun > tension in head. Least draught <.
Pain and itching alternate. Right side most affected. Pressure in stomach is > by eating; and < after a meal.
Relations
Antidoted by: Camph. Compare: Bar. c. (closest congener; scrofulous, apoplectic conditions; chilliness). In headache > wrapping up warmly, Sil.
(Sil. headache comes up spine and over head; Farrington says Stron. has the same). > Wrapping; sheep-dung stools, Mag. m. Sprains, Arn., Rhus, Ruta.
Caries of femur with watery diarrhoea, Sil. Scrofulous bone affections, Staph. Pains increase and decrease gradually, Plat., Stan. > By light; aversion to darkness, Stram., Am. m., Calc.
Bar. c., Ars., Carb. a., Carb. v., Caust., Lyc., Pho., Puls., Rhus, Val. (Cin., aversion to light). < Walking, Aesc. h. Threatened apoplexy, Ast. r.
Causation
Operation (photopsia). Sprains. Haemorrhages (chronic sequelae).
Mind
Inquietude and anguish.—(Depression of spirits
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Apprehension as from a bad conscience
Peevishness, with tendency to fly into a rage
Excessive forgetfulness.
Head
Headache, with nausea and vertigo
Troublesome pressure in forehead
Threatening apoplexy; violent congestion to head;
> wrapping head up.—(Dizzy when talking to people
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C.)
Burning in forehead
Tensive headache as if all the skin were being drawn towards the vertex, and the contents of the skull pressed outwards;
< in evening when lying with the head low, slowly increasing and decreasing, > from heat
Chilliness over scalp and upper part of back, < in evening, at night, and in cold air
Tension on head (externally and internally), < in evening, and from cold, > from warmth, esp. in heat of the sun
Tension from vertex to upper jaw
Distensive pressure in entire head; in l. side of head
Lancinating headache
Stitches in head
Vibration in temples in evening
Sensation of burning heat in head and face, when walking in afternoon, with redness of face, anguish, and sleepiness
Boring in small spot r. side of occiput
Dull, pressive pain in occiput
Sensation of heat of head and face, with red face, anxiety, and sleepiness.—(Tendency of hair to fall out with irritation of scalp
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Eyes
Burning in eyes
Burning, drawing, and redness in eyes
Pressure on upper part of eyeball
Violent jerking and quivering of eyelids
Red and blue circles before eyes, after rubbing them, with pressure, as by sand
Sparkling before eyes
Luminous vibrations before the eyes
Photopsia, remaining after an operation, esp. when objects appear covered with blood
Green spots before eyes in the dark.
Ears
Tearing in front of r. ear as if in the bone
Sticking in front of l. ear extending into it
Boring and tearing in r. ear
Roaring and tearing in r. ear in frequent paroxysms
Humming in the ears.
Nose
Quivering on one side of nose
Blowing of (dark) sanguineous scabs from nose
Twitching of l. side of nose.
Face
Redness of face, with burning heat
Itching of face; of r. cheek, < by scratching
Jerking, tearing and boring in zygomatic processes
Twitching of l. malar bone extending to frontal eminence
Violent boring pain in (r.) malar bone
Stitch in l. side of chin extending into jaw-joint.
Teeth
Toothache, with jerking pain
Sensation in teeth as if screwed together
Tearing at root of teeth
Grasping pain in teeth, preceded by copious accumulation of saliva
Gums swollen, painful when touched.
Mouth
Bad odour from mouth.—Sensation of numbness and of dryness in mouth, in morning (early when waking), without absence of saliva.
Throat
Roughness and dryness of throat
Inflammation of palate, with pain during deglutition
The fauces are inflamed and painful (stinging) during deglutition
Sticking in throat on swallowing.
Appetite
Earthy taste in mouth
Violent thirst, esp. for beer
Appetite only for brown bread
Hunger after dinner.—(Ravenous, but discomfort prevents him eating more than a few mouthfuls
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C.)
Stomach
Nausea, with burning heat in face
Violent hiccough
Sickness after all food, sometimes quickly, sometimes after an hour or two (produced
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C.).—(Heartburn, distension of abdomen, flatus with dull aching across waist and aching in l. temple
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Pressure in stomach, > by eating;
< on walking
Constriction in stomach with uprisings of clear water
Stitches in stomach now r. now l. side
Pressure in stomach, with sensation of fulness in abdomen, esp. after a meal.
Abdomen
Pressive, bruised pains in hypochondria
Abdomen distended and painfully inflated
Colic in umbilical region
Gripings, with diarrhoea, with chilliness, and shiverings
Lancination in sides
Grumbling in abdomen, with abundant expulsion of very fetid flatus.
Stool And Anus
Hard, knotty faeces (compact and in large lumps), evacuated slowly, with effort and much pain (in anus)
The stool is passed in lumps like sheep-dung, and only with great effort so that she thought she would faint, and with most frightful pain followed by boring in anus
Diarrhoea, of yellow water, with gripings and pinchings in abdomen
Diarrhoea < at night, is scarcely off the vessel before he must return, > towards morning at 3 or 4 o'clock
Tenesmus after (the diarrhoea-like) stool
Burning sensation in, anus, during and after a stool
Pain, as from haemorrhoids in rectum.
Urinary Organs
Diminished secretion of urine
Increased secretion of a yellow, deep-coloured urine
Nocturnal emission of urine
Pale urine, with a strong smell of ammonia
Urine has a normal appearance with a strong smell of Iodine.—(Urine strong-smelling
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Male Sexual Organs
A very transient, pressive pain in r. spermatic cord while urinating.
Female Sexual Organs
Retarded catamenia, at first serous (like meat-water), afterwards in clots
Menses too early, and of too short a duration
Leucorrhoea while walking.
Respiratory Organs
Hoarseness and roughness in throat, which excites a cough
Dry cough, excited by irritation in trachea, < at night
Dyspnoea, when walking, with heat and redness of face.
Chest
Pressure at chest
Drawing pain in muscles of chest
Constriction; pressive pain < walking
Spasmodic drawing and clawing; stitches on coughing and inspiring
Painfulness of sternum to touch
Slight burning l. side of sternum extending upwards
Pressure in sternum
Pressive pain beneath sternum, at night, disappeared in morning on rising
Slight sticking in ensiform cartilage on walking in open air
Dull stitches deep internally beneath ensiform cartilage, taking away the breath.—(Pain in l. breast with oppression < after meals
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Heart
Dull, intermitting pressure in praecordial region.—Violent beating of arteries and of heart.
Neck And Back
Tearing tension in nape as if tendons were drawn up
Sensations as if bruised in back and sacrum, < from stooping and when touched
Pain, as of a fracture, in loins and back
Drawing pain in back, and lumbar region
Slight drawing pain along spine in afternoon, changing to a seated dull tearing in joints of legs, < walking.
Limbs
Tearing (rheumatic pains) in the limbs, esp. in the joints, < in the evening, and at night in bed
One side of the body is generally only affected (r. side)
Immobility of the limbs, on one side only (the r. side of the body), like paralysis, in the evening
Trembling of the limbs.
Upper Limbs
Painful paralytic sensation in l. shoulder and elbow-joint at night
Constant burning pains in r. shoulder-joint
Veins of arms and hands injected and large; prostration; ill-humour
Tearings in arms hands, and fingers, esp. in joints
Numbness, almost paralytic, of the forearms and hands.
Lower Limbs
Paralytic drawing in limbs
Swelling and caries of femur, usually on scrofulous children; diarrhoea
Cramp in calves and soles, esp. in people who suffer from cold feet
Sprains, esp. of ankle
Jerking of legs
Jerkings and tearings in legs, feet, and toes, esp. in joints
Swelling of feet
Sensation of icy-coldness in outer surface of calf (in spots)
Icy-cold feet, evening.
Generalities
Excessive emaciation The majority of the pains, the exact situation of which it is difficult to determine, seem to be in the medulla of the bones (?) The symptoms imperceptibly increase to a certain intensity, and diminish in the same manner Predominance of symptoms on one side of the body
Violent involuntary starts of the body; tension in inner or outer parts; heat, with aversion to undress or uncover one's self Affections in joints of legs.—< In night; evening; from cold in general; from undressing; after lying down and rising again; from rubbing; in darkness.—> from light; from a very bright light; from warmth in general; from wrapping up warmly.—> In open air, esp. from heat of sun Great lassitude and depression, morning and evening.
Skin
Tension of skin in different parts, when in bed, in evening
Skin adherent to scar in forearm becomes looser
Eruption of small pimples in different parts, with burning itching, esp. after scratching
Sycotic eruption on face and elsewhere in mouth, itching, burning.
Sleep
Retarded sleep
Jerking in body and starts when sleeping
Frequent waking at night, principally caused by a dry cough
Sleep, with many fantastic dreams.
Fever
Pulse full and hard, with violent pulsation in the arteries
Chill in forenoon, descending from sacrum to posterior part of thighs
Chilliness from head over shoulder-blades
Shiverings, morning and evening
Heat seeming to stream from nose and mouth, with thirst
Dry heat at night (with thirst)
Profuse perspiration at night, and when a limb is uncovered pain is instantaneously felt in the part
Perspiration of parts affected (during morning hours).